TREACHERY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3143, 23 July 1917, Page 5

TREACHERY

HOW THE RUSSIAN LIE WAS BROKEN FRONT DESERTED TO . HOLD MEETINGS HEROIC STAND BY THE FRENCH GERMANS HEAVILY DEFEATED The news from tho Russian front in Galicia to-day describes the exasperating and dishearteniug treachery which General Brusiloff ha 3 to encounter ui his valiant effort to uphold the fair name of Russia in her part in tho great -war. Ono regiment voluntarily Tetired, with, tho . result that its flank units had perforce to follow suit. Several detachments of extremists held meetings to determine whether they -would obey their orders or not, and tho efforts of the commanders and the Soldiers' Committee aliko were of no avail. In the meantime, tho enemy profited by tho 'disorganisation of the line, and developed his offensive. If tho Gorman claims.are to be believed, the Russians retreated in disorder, and tho pursuit is being kont up. In the West the British have been the enemy's trenches with conspicuous success. A long report from French Headquarters describes in thrilling language how desperate German attacks were hold ten aciously in hand-to-hand fighting; the. Tesult of a particularly sanguinary battle being a disastrous defeat for the enemy. Alarmist reports on tho subject of the U-boat inonaco continuo to emanate from America, tho latest being reference to what are described as semi-official appeals from Britain for help by American warships and submarine chasers. , The shipping losses aro analysed, and on tho face of the statistics given, depict a distressing situation. Per contra, Mr. Lloyd George declares that the food supply for 1917-18 is adequate, and "that starvation as impossible. Dr. Micliaelis's first speech in tho Reichstag as Imperial Chancellor has created an unsatisfactory impression. Tho fact that the peace resolution was carried afterwards is regarded as • a hint of want of confidence in an "over-diplomatic" speech. Sir Edward Carson, in a, vigorous speech at Belfast, has told the enemy exactly where Germany stands in the matter of peace negotiations.